Reply #11: Welcome to DU. You are in good company in your outrage

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Most of us here had a turning point at some time when our anger with the * administration reached a critical level.

I'm a lifelong Democrat who dutifully votes in every election (yes, even run-offs, primaries, and off-season elections). I always stayed moderately informed about current events and was interested in politics. I rarely if ever participated in protests, marches, or even campaigns.

I was firmly against * when he ran, and shocked and disappointed by what happened in the 2000 election, and horrified that he invaded Iraq.

However, I did not become radicalized - truly furious to the point where I joined this list and started actively becoming involved in politics - until this past spring. For me it was the information about Abu Ghraib and the way that has been thrust down the "memory hole" of oblivion, just as George Orwell warned.

Since then I spend hours every day reading what this administration is up to, and it is a frightening and disgusting spectacle.

Kerry has got to win this election, and even then it is going to take years of hard work to fix the problems BushCo has made.